Those conservative individuals, who are supposedly wiser and more righteous, tell the band what they should do with their lives. Yet if they dwell on these restraints, on these doubts, they will not seize the day like they are supposed to. They will never remember today. Yet I think the song also references the fact that if they get carried away with their task, they will forget their loved ones and the facets of their lives that they took for granted. The song also gives a phoenix reference, which is the band's symbol. So basically, the song's moral is: Embrace the old but do not dwell on the detractions, but rather rise from the ashes of it and seize the day.
This is my interpretation:
Those conservative individuals, who are supposedly wiser and more righteous, tell the band what they should do with their lives. Yet if they dwell on these restraints, on these doubts, they will not seize the day like they are supposed to. They will never remember today. Yet I think the song also references the fact that if they get carried away with their task, they will forget their loved ones and the facets of their lives that they took for granted. The song also gives a phoenix reference, which is the band's symbol. So basically, the song's moral is: Embrace the old but do not dwell on the detractions, but rather rise from the ashes of it and seize the day.